It's not only problem with license, but with quality of Adaptec as a whole http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=125783114503531&w=2 . But maybe it changed as there is not Adaptec anymore.
On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 6:44 PM, S H <shbulkm...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi misc, > > I'm looking for some feedback from people who might have tried using an > Adaptec Serial ATA RAID 21610SA on OpenBSD. B I completely understand why > Theo and the rest of the developers don't include the driver in the GENERIC > kernel since they were never given the documentation from Adaptec needed to > create the best driver possible. > > My file server currently runs FreeBSD 8.1 and has the adaptec card in it, > thus far it's ran quite well but I would love to have that system running > OpenBSD if I can. B So I'm hoping someone on misc has experience with this > card and might be able to offer some insight as to what I can expect in > comparison to how it runs on FBSD... > > I also wanted to take this time to thank all of the other developers for the > upcoming release. > > Shawn